TRACTOR BOYS BEAT CITY AT HOME

25 August 2012

Sam Roberts

It was a first home game of the season to forget for Cardiff City U18 side as they fell to a 4-1 loss to Ipswich Town.

City began the game in a determined fashion and Tyler Roche was the first to have a shot at goal. Although Roche tried his luck from an acute angle on the right his shot was on target, the Ipswich keeper alert enough to keep his shot out. Despite this first shot it was the away side who scored first when a well taken free kick was converted just five minutes into the game. They scored again after more pressure with Liam Matthews managing to get a hand to the strike but unable to keep it out.

The tide might have turned had Gethyn Hill’s strike slipped just inside the goalpost, unfortunately for City and the striker the ball beat Ipswich’s keeper but not the post, bouncing immediately clear to safety. After the break the impressive Roche and Hill combined but this time the opposition keeper was the person to stop the City striker. While the home side piled forward to grab a goal it did leave them exposed in defence and a swift counter attack from the Tractor Boys resulted in them taking a three goal lead.

to give the home side a lifeline. But any hope of getting anything from the game was quelled in injury time as Ipswich grabbed a fourth goal before the final whistle.Jaye Bowen’s cross was brilliantly converted home on the volley by skipper Declan JohnCity did finally manage to hit the back of the net when